Peter Nashel and Jennifer Chused and their son Benjamin's in his playroom -- a space that is youthful but not juvenile; the elegant materials allow the room to be used comfortably by guests. The window shades are part of a DwellStudio collection for the Shade Store. Chused used the same fabric to make the storage bins.

The vintage pronunciation chart in Benjamin's playroom, with its old-school charm, is another example. The figure-shaped lamp is a hand-me-down from Nashel's parents.

Undaunted by the rain, Peter and  Benjamin take a Madsen Bucket bike for a spin near their home in Brooklyn, New York. Practical yet stylish, the bike is just the kind of accessory Nashel and his wife, Jennifer Chused, favor.

Recognizing good design when she sees it, Chused left the apartment's kitchen, with its butcherblock countertops, ample wooden cabinets, and white subway tiles, pretty much as it was. She added the flatweave rug by Madeline Weinrib and the bull's-head sculpture, a flea market find.

Chused in the dining room; she chose this Tibetan wool rug because its bold curlicues stand up to the table's heft and introduce a bright element to the wood-heavy room.

Playing with pattern and scale, a place setting mixes DwellStudio Gate linens with Anthropologie peacock dishes.

Propping framed pictures on the foyer console lets the family rotate its art collection easily.

The airplane prints in the playroom are pages from a book.

In the master bedroom, a chest bought on eBay is repurposed as a TV cabinet. To balance the feminine colors of a pink armchair and custom camel headboard (not shown), Chused opted for crisp shapes (the chest, the mirror) and bold symmetry (the stools, the framed prints), so the room looks tailored and not overly girlish.